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31	A distance and shape-based methodology for the unequal area facility layout problem Kriausakul, Thanat 16 November 2001 (has links) Significant improvements in production effectiveness have resulted from implementing cellular manufacturing systems (CMS). Following the cell formation, an important issue that needs to be addressed is the unequal cell (or department/facility) layout problem, which is the sub-issue in the CF problem. The work reported in this thesis illustrates the assignment of unequal cell locations in dealing with the known traffic movements on a shop floor. In addition, this research addresses the impact of the geometry or shape of the department as an important design factor in the unequal area facility layout problem, an issue that has not been addressed by the previous researchers. The problem is formulated as a mixed-binary non-linear programming model and is proven to be NP-hard in the strong sense. Due to its computational complexity, a higher-level heuristic, based on a concept known as tabu-search, is proposed to efficiently solve the problem. Six different versions of the tabu search-based heuristic algorithm are tested on three different problem structures. The results obtained from performing the experiment concluded that the tabu search-based heuristic using short-term memory and variable tabu-list sizes is preferred over other heuristics as the problem size increases. The performance comparison between the current and the previous research shows that the solution obtained for the well-known problems in this research are better than that obtained in the past. / Graduation date: 2002 Plant layout -- Planning Operations research Manufacturing cells
32	Simulated annealing heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem Kuppusamy, Saravanan. January 2001 (has links) Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2001. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 133 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-94).
33	Facilities design in the cold storage industry. Tang, Wing-piu, Richard, January 1978 (has links) Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1978. Cold storage. Cold storage Plant layout.
34	The quadratic assignment problem : exact and heuristic methods Sherali, Hanif Dostmahomed 08 1900 (has links) No description available. Plant layout Heuristic programming Equations, Quadratic
35	An evaluation of selected quantitative methods useful in plant layout Buchan, John Russell 08 1900 (has links) No description available. Factories Design and construction Plant layout Materials handling
36	Quantitative utilization of activity data for initial layouts Deisenroth, Michael Pierce 05 1900 (has links) No description available. Plant layout Computer programs Materials handling
37	Design and layout analysis for the control of hazards in industrial plants Davidson, Harold Osborn 08 1900 (has links) No description available. Factories Lighting Factories Safety appliances Plant layout
38	Software requirements for a facilities design software and evaluation of the factory programs suite Kota, Shivaram. January 2000 (has links) Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, March, 2000. / Title from PDF t.p.
39	Modifications to the systematic layout planning procedure to allow departmental division and irregularly shaped subdepartments / Martin, Stephen E. January 2004 (has links) Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).
40	A tabu search approach for the dynamic space allocation problem Jaramillo, Juan R. January 2002 (has links) Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 87 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87).

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